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slug: 05-openai-dalle-gpt-image
role: index
date: 2026-04-21
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> **📅 Research snapshot as of 2026-04-21.** Provider pricing, free-tier availability, and model capabilities drift every quarter. The router reads `data/routing-table.json` and `data/model-registry.json` at runtime — treat those as source of truth. If this document disagrees with the registry, the registry wins.

# Category 05 — Openai Dalle Gpt Image

OpenAI's gpt-image-1 / 1.5 and the deprecated DALL·E 3: native RGBA via `background:"transparent"`, best-in-class text rendering, `input_fidelity`, the invisible rewriter, and moderation stack.

## Angles

| File | Topic |
|---|---|
| [`5a-dalle3-prompt-guide-and-rewriter.md`](./5a-dalle3-prompt-guide-and-rewriter.md) | DALL·E 3 — Official Prompt Guide, ChatGPT Prompt Rewriter, Vivid vs Natural, Quality/Size Parameters |
| [`5a-dalle3-recaptioning.md`](./5a-dalle3-recaptioning.md) | DALL·E 3 Prompt Rewriting & Recaptioning: Mechanics, Disabling, and System-Design Implications |
| [`5b-gpt-image-1-api-and-transparency.md`](./5b-gpt-image-1-api-and-transparency.md) | gpt-image-1 / gpt-image-1.5 — API Surface, True RGBA Transparency, Mask API, and Per-Token Pricing |
| [`5b-gpt-image-1-api.md`](./5b-gpt-image-1-api.md) | gpt-image-1 API surface & capabilities |
| [`5c-logo-icon-generation.md`](./5c-logo-icon-generation.md) | Logo & icon generation with gpt-image-1 |
| [`5c-openai-cookbook-asset-workflows.md`](./5c-openai-cookbook-asset-workflows.md) | OpenAI Cookbook & community recipes for software-asset workflows |
| [`5d-failure-modes-text-and-moderation.md`](./5d-failure-modes-text-and-moderation.md) | DALL·E 3 / gpt-image failure modes, text quirks, and moderation traps for software assets |
| [`5d-system-style-behavior.md`](./5d-system-style-behavior.md) | Style & System-Instruction Behavior on gpt-image Models |
| [`5e-production-integrations.md`](./5e-production-integrations.md) | Production integrations for OpenAI image models: SDKs, iPaaS, design tools, and MCP exposures |

## Also in this folder

- [`SYNTHESIS.md`](./SYNTHESIS.md) — synthesized insights across angles

## Up one level

- [`../index.md`](../index.md) — master research index
- [`../SYNTHESIS.md`](../SYNTHESIS.md) — master synthesis
